On Thursday 18 December 2008 17:57, Juiceman wrote: > > >> There is no "help" or "FAQ" screen in Fproxy. The users are left to > >> find the wiki or a Freesite for help (assuming they can reach one). > >> > >> I suggest making a html page in the main jar that links from the > >> homepage. It must be contained in the install. Assume users are > >> installing it offline from a friend or fileserver in a place where the > >> Freenet website is blocked. > >> > >> Things like firewalls, what are Freesites, etc. Just a copy and paste > >> of the documentation section of the website or wiki would help. Maybe > >> using the l10n framework, can it handle simple html? If not, just a > >> skeletal page with an outline where the text can be translated in > >> sections. > >> > >> I would like to attempt this if it's OK with you guys. > > > > Hmmm ... really what we'd want would be an official freesite, but we *could* > > bundle a small web of help pages ... I don't see any reason why you shouldn't > > start work on that right away, we may switch it to an official freesite at > > some point but in the near future it'd be useful to have some documentation > > from within the web interface. Feel free to reuse stuff that we've written on > > the wiki or the website (although strictly speaking there may be licensing > > issues as iirc the website is Creative Commons licensed, which is GPL > > incompatible). > > My only concern would be the offline availability if users can't get > connected, but we can worry about that down the road.
Hmmm ... that might be an argument to have it locally and auto-update it rather than just rely on a freesite? Or perhaps bundle it as a binary blob ... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 827 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20081218/a6d25fdc/attachment.pgp>
